The King's First Wife Research Paper

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The King’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon. Catherine was originally from Spain and her parents were the King and Queen of Spain Ferdinand and Isabella. Catherine was born in 1485 (she was older than Henry by 6 years). Henry was not Catherine’s first husband. Henry’s older brother Arthur was Catherine’s first husband and was the original King of England but sadly died. When Arthur died Henry got a letter from the priest confirming that Henry had permission to marry his late brothers wife Catherine for political reasons (not for love). They were married for about 20 years and during their 20 years of marriage they had one child, a girl and her name was Mary Seymour. However, King Henry didn’t want a daughter, he wanted a son that would one

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